Ulia Mendia
Coastal ridge above the sea with Belle Époque ruins and a historic aerial-tramway test site.
This guide to Monte Ulia in San Sebastian centers on a strange experiment staged here on September 30, 1907: engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo, unable to find funding for a serious trial of his patented aerial cable system, disguised it as a fairground ride. You'll hear about the wooden cabin that swung nearly 280 meters across this ridge carrying thrill-seekers, the electric tram that had already brought Queen Maria Cristina and young Alfonso XIII up this hillside, and the rival resort at Igeldo that eventually pulled the crowds away. Search the undergrowth along the trail for the rusted anchor points that remain.
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